Dumbarton Central railway station

Dumbarton Central
Dùn Breatann Meadhain
View of Dumbarton Central station, looking east
Location
Place	Dumbarton
Local authority	West Dunbartonshire
Coordinates	55°56′49″N 4°34′01″W / 55.947°N 4.567°W / 55.947; -4.567Coordinates: 55°56′49″N 4°34′01″W / 55.947°N 4.567°W / 55.947; -4.567
Operations
Station code	DBC
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	3
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.551 million
2004/05 *	0.571 million
2005/06 *	0.635 million
2006/07 *	0.642 million
2007/08 *	0.661 million
2008/09 *	0.927 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway & Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway & North British Railway
Post-grouping	LMS & LNER
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dumbarton Central from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Dumbarton Central railway station serves the town of Dumbarton in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and the North Clyde Line, 25 km (15¾ miles) north west of Glasgow Queen Street.

History

Building

It is a category A listed building under the Town and Country Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.^[1]

Services

North Clyde Line / Argyle Line

Four trains per hour go eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (Airdrie and Springburn Monday to Saturday and Motherwell on Sundays) and a half-hourly service westbound to Balloch and Helensburgh Central.

West Highland Line

Services to/from Glasgow Queen Street towards Oban, Fort William and Mallaig call here.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dalmuir		First ScotRail West Highland Line		Helensburgh Upper
Dumbarton East		First ScotRail North Clyde Line		Dalreoch
	Historical railways
Dumbarton East Line and Station open		Caledonian Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway		Terminus
Bowling Line closed; Station open		Caledonian & North British Railway Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway		Dalreoch Line and Station open

References

Notes

1. ^ "List Buildings in West Dunbartonshire". http://www.historic-cotland.gov.uk/wwd_listedbuildings_results.htm?Keywords=station&Council=160&Parish=0&CallBack=TRUE&submit.x=48&submit.y=6. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.